Anyone use an EyePal vision enhancer?

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Canuck Bob
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Anyone use an EyePal vision enhancer?

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Does anyone have experience with this device on the range? I'm interested in rifle and mostly receiver sights but I will try barrel sights too.

http://www.eyepalusa.com
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I have the Eyepal and it worked well enough except that it was not reliable in sticking to my glasses when I shot outdoors in the winter.
I've since had cataract surgery and no longer use the Eyepal.

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Thanks Jack, interesting as I'm planning to use them year long at an outdoor range. We get some winter weather here! I just checked about Merit's offerings. They might be out of production sadly.
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Bob,

There used to be someone else offering an aperture that fastened to eyeglasses.
It may have been Lyman.
The Merit is undoubtedly better quality.

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You can accomplish the same thing by punching a small hole in a square of electrical tape and positioning it on your glasses. $25 worth of electrical tape would be a lifetime supply for every eyeglass wearer on this Forum, and then some...
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Lyman markets the EyePal and Merit might be history, not accepting orders. Life is too short to be poking holes in tape and applying to my glasses. It is a great idea but won't work for my personality. A guy on youtube drilled a small hole in a pair of flip-up dime store sunglasses. It is another well thought out DIY idea but not for me. His execution is worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6a20stHk6k
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Pisgah wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:24 pm You can accomplish the same thing by punching a small hole in a square of electrical tape and positioning it on your glasses. $25 worth of electrical tape would be a lifetime supply for every eyeglass wearer on this Forum, and then some...
My luck just when I need the $25 bucks worth of tape it will be in Texas fixing a 1973 F150 dash electrical short, lol!
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I have the Merits . Both for eyeglasses and to screw into the rear sight. On the glasses for handgun and rifles without peep
Sights. You can just cut a disc out of electrical tape,poke a pin hole in the center and stick it on your glasses. I did that
For years before I bought the Merits.
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Canuck Bob wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:45 pm A guy on youtube drilled a small hole in a pair of flip-up dime store sunglasses. His execution is worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6a20stHk6k
Tried that and it works GREAT! The tape flexed back into the hole and made it fuzzy, so I used flat black paint instead. It's been a long time since I could see both sights AND the target. I have one of those Lyman apertures that attaches with a suction cup, but it doesn't work as well as this, and I don't like messing with the suction cup, so I haven't used it. This I WILL use! :D
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